The Latin Alternative

Sunday 12am -1am

Holiday music is typically a love-it-or-hate-it sort of thing. I'm a fan — my favorite is Vince Guaraldi 's A Charlie Brown Christmas — and I even I'll admit that musicians don't have many options for putting a new spin on holiday classics. Then along came Gaby Moreno and her band. Performing before a live audience at KUT in Austin, Texas, Moreno recently led a holiday celebration that pushed boundaries. Her voice dripping with Southern R&B grit, Moreno and her band never lost sight of the...